Amidst palpable euphoria at India hosting the heads of all 10 Asean countries as guests of honour at its Republic Day ceremonial parade, preceded a day earlier by an ASEAN-India summit celebrating the silver anniversary of their relationship, India needs to shed its

The Loikaw Township’s judge dismissed a charge against three men, including Khun Bee Du, chairman of the Kayan National Party, under the Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law when they faced their second trial on January 23.

The accused persons were the leaders of more than 700 people who marched toward the court handling the case of five Karenni men who staged a protest against the Tatmadaw’s alleged execution of four people.

The concept that human beings should be equal is very old. It was the fight against injustice and inequality between the French royalty and the citizens that drove the 18th century intellectual Jean-Jacques Rousseau to write “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”